Abel, Emily K.

Tuberculosis and the politics of exclusion a history of public health and migration to Los Angeles / [electronic resource] : Emily K. Abel. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2007. - x, 188 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Critical issues in health and medicine . - Critical issues in health and medicine. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-177) and index.

Pestilence in the promised land -- Strategies of exclusion -- Creating a tuberculosis program -- "Outsiders" -- Slashing services in the Great Depression -- Expelling Mexicans and Filipinos -- "Agitation over the migrant issue" -- Fighting TB in Black Los Angeles.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
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Tuberculosis--History--California--Los Angeles--19th century.
Tuberculosis--History--California--Los Angeles--20th century.
Immigrants--Diseases--History--California--Los Angeles--19th century.
Immigrants--Diseases--History--California--Los Angeles--20th century.
Immigrants--Medical care--History--California--Los Angeles--19th century.
Immigrants--Medical care--History--California--Los Angeles--20th century.
Discrimination in medical care--History--California--Los Angeles--19th century.
Discrimination in medical care--History--California--Los Angeles--20th century.
Public health--History--California--Los Angeles--19th century.
Public health--History--California--Los Angeles--20th century.


Los Angeles (Calif.)--Ethnic relations--History--19th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.


Electronic books.

RC313.C2 / A25 2007eb